coughdrop.2.go BSN, RN

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    HIPAA, FERPA and how do you inform teachers about the health concerns in their class?

    coughdrop.2.go replied to cmomrn's topic in School

    Okay not that Greenbook this one: Computerized Classroom Health Care Plans for School Nurse It has a CD with pretty much any and all health conditions you can think of when it comes to kids. There's...
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    What should I have engraved on my stethoscope?

    coughdrop.2.go replied to blindcheeseit3's topic in General Students

    I got my full first and last name engraved on my awesome purple Littmann. My first name is pretty common, but my last name is not (it's so unique that if you have my last name I'm assuming you're...
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    HIPAA, FERPA and how do you inform teachers about the health concerns in their class?

    coughdrop.2.go replied to cmomrn's topic in School

    I'm in California too! With the emails I include links to YouTube videos I find for quick explanations on asthma, allergies, diabetes, etc. If it's something more complicated I leave it up to them to...
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    HIPAA, FERPA and how do you inform teachers about the health concerns in their class?

    coughdrop.2.go replied to cmomrn's topic in School

    I create an IHP for that student and email it to the student's teachers (I'm at a high school). I do not make any list and I do not tell them about a health concern without giving them an IHP. I have...
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    You can't fix stupid!

    coughdrop.2.go replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    If I had a dollar every time a student said, "My parents said to call if I'm still not feeling better..." or "I threw up this morning and my mom sent me to school". I'm still trying to get the office...
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    How Do people find School Nurse positions?

    coughdrop.2.go replied to copeRN's topic in School

    I found out about my first school nurse position through Facebook and it was for working with an agency. My 2nd job I found out about because the District I was working for hired another a nurse from...
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    Sometimes Honestly Isn't the Best Policy

    coughdrop.2.go posted a topic in School

    Last week I had a student visit me during the last 10 minutes of school. My office at this particular school is the back of the library. The student (who is Special Ed by the way) was already in the...
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    Sometimes Honestly Isn't the Best Policy

    coughdrop.2.go replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    Oh I did. I went to the grocery store during my lunchtime and brought red velvet cookies and french vanilla ice cream. I know I wasn't setting a good example by having ice cream and cookies for lunch...
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    Sometimes Honestly Isn't the Best Policy

    coughdrop.2.go replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    I'm not sure of his exact age, but I am a high school nurse so he's in teen
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    Sometimes Honestly Isn't the Best Policy

    coughdrop.2.go replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    Lol I think he meant BSN but like pookyp said BBM to me means Blackberry
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    Dealing with teachers

    coughdrop.2.go replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    OMG! Are you living my life right now?!!! Practically the SAME things are happening to me! I'm a high school Nurse and this is how I handled the "sleepy" student. The student came in and said, "Mrs....
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    Hand, Foot & Mouth

    coughdrop.2.go replied to Gems0607's topic in School

    When I have situations where I know a student have a health issue and the parents are dragging their feet, or refusing to even pick them up, I talk to administration and I get permission to keep the...
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    Food Allergies Resources

    coughdrop.2.go replied to fetch's topic in School

    There's a lot of free stuff out there. You just have to look. I found a lot of resources and since there wasn't a single one I loved I used them to compile my own little 4 page packet. The first page...
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    Students using cell phones to call home sick

    coughdrop.2.go replied to hobiehobie's topic in School

    I'm a high school nurse and I see or hear about this a lot. I will get calls from the Attendance staff asking me if I've seen a certain student because their parents are coming to pick them up from...
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    New School Nurse: Forgot a medication yesterday

    coughdrop.2.go replied to Finally2008's topic in School

    I have a medication error form that I use for extra documentation. I also call the parents right away and I make sure to document the conversation on the
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    School Nurse Salary?

    coughdrop.2.go replied to kegreat's topic in School

    Southern California. Full-time 35 hours/week, 2 high schools (plus 1 small continuation school), and I work summer school which comes out to about 210 work days/year. I'm currently at the first step...
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    How to talk to your kids about Sex....and other things to know from your School Nurse

    coughdrop.2.go posted a topic in School

    I'm a High School Nurse and that's the title of the workshop I will be running during Title 1 night. The Principal came up with the name and asked if I would do the workshop. I agreed. This will be...
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    How to talk to your kids about Sex....and other things to know from your School Nurse

    coughdrop.2.go replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    Well, last night was my presentation at one of my high schools. Since I only had 20 mins. and 2 sessions I kept my PowerPoint short and just to the topic of talking to your kids about sex. No parents...
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    What to do instead of a health alert list?

    coughdrop.2.go replied to mrsnurseblogger's topic in School

    The Nurse before me always created a health concern list and distributed to school staff every year. So it was a pretty big deal this year when I started this August and refused to do the same even...
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    What are the possibilities for a school nurse to get a job at a hospital?

    coughdrop.2.go replied to natka303's topic in School

    New school nurse here as well, and I would LOVE to get a part time-weekend job at any of the hospitals near me. I'm just not sure if they would even take me at this point and if I would get enough...
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    How to talk to your kids about Sex....and other things to know from your School Nurse

    coughdrop.2.go replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    Great idea! The hard part for me is finding health info in English and Spanish since I live in a city 30 mins. from the Border. Also, unfortunately I don't have any non-academic time since I leave at...
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    Doea anyone here teach Health?

    coughdrop.2.go replied to 100kids's topic in School

    At my last School District part of my duties was teaching the State mandatory HIV class to the 8th graders. I got about 40-60 kids out of 800 from the permission slips. I separated the class in to...
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    How to talk to your kids about Sex....and other things to know from your School Nurse

    coughdrop.2.go replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    Thank you guys so much for all the awesome ideas! I'm super excited, but kinda sad I only get 20 mins. When I finish the final project I'll post everything that I'm going to go over and my resources...
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    New back-to-school worry: Unvaccinated classmates

    coughdrop.2.go replied to wtbcrna's topic in Nursing News

    School Nurse here and I've had a lot of parents asking about TDAP waivers lately. Usually, parents just have to sign the back of the blue school Immunization card. Since the pertussis outbreak and the...
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    RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    coughdrop.2.go replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    1. California 2. 3. School Nurse 4. $60,540/year salary (~$41.18/hour with 210 contact days per year) 5. Nope 6. Nope I live in Southern California, in a desert wasteland. Well there's a mall and...